'Houyhnhnm' definitions:
Definition of 'Houyhnhnm'
(from WordNet)
noun
One of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift
Definition of 'Houyhnhnm'
From: GCIDE
- Houyhnhnm \Hou*yhnhnm"\, n. One of the race of horses described by Swift in his imaginary travels of Lemuel Gulliver. The Houyhnhnms were endowed with reason and noble qualities; subject to them were Yahoos, a race of brutes having the form and all the worst vices of men. [1913 Webster]